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John S. C. Abbott. Hortense
Hortense
Table of Contents
PREFACE
ENGRAVINGS
HORTENSE
Chapter I
Parentage and Birth
1776–1794
Chapter II
The Marriage of Josephine and. General Bonaparte
1794–1799
Chapter III
Hortense and Duroc
1799–1804
Chapter IV
The Marriage of Hortense
1804–1807
Chapter V
Birth of Louis Napoleon and. the Divorce of Josephine
1808–1809
Chapter VI
The Death of Josephine
1810–1814
Chapter VII
The Sorrows of Exile
1814–1815
Chapter VIII
Peaceful Days, yet Sad
1816–1831
Chapter IX
LIFE AT ARENEMBERG
1831–1836
Chapter X
Letter from Louis Napoleon to. His Mother
1836–1837
Chapter XI
The Death of Hortense, and the. Enthronement of her Son
1837–1869
Footnotes
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Viscount Beauharnais, when arrested, was conveyed to the palace of the Luxembourg, where he was imprisoned with many other captives. To spare the feelings of the children, the fact of his imprisonment was concealed from them by Josephine, and they were given to understand that their father, not being very well, had placed himself under the care of a celebrated physician, who had recommended him to take up his residence at the Luxembourg, where there was much vacant space, and consequently purer air. The imprisoned father was very anxious to see his wife and children. The authorities consented, allowing the children to go in first under the care of an attendant, and afterwards their mother.
Hortense, child as she was, was bewildered by the scene, and her suspicions were evidently excited. As she came out, she said to her mother, "I think papa's apartments are very small, and the patients are very numerous."
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